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We've been building a cross-process reader/writer lock with a cap on the number of readers, we concluded our investigation last time by noting that thr Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20260430-00/?p=112288
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Your developers’ AI tools are only as good as what they know going in. When those tools run through the right IDE, it can give them a head start – a picture of the codebase the tools would otherwise need to piece together themselves. That means your team’s IDE choices belong on your AI agenda […] Link to article: …
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Executive Summary When integrating SharePoint content into downstream systems such as Azure AI Search, RAG pipelines, or Copilot extensions, preserving document-level access control is critical—especially for highly sensitive content. This post describes a security-first Link to article: …
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You want to build a Teams agent. Maybe it answers customer questions from a knowledge base. Maybe it runs your team's standups. The interesting part is the logic, the thing the agent actually does. But before you write a single line of that logic, you have to register it with Teams. That takes a numbe Link to article: …
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This post was co-written with Yash Munsadwala, Adam Hood, Justin Guse, and Hector Hernandez from PwC. Contract analysis often consumes significant time for legal, compliance, and procurement teams, especially when important insights are buried in lengthy, unstructured agreements. As contract volumes grow, finding …
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Learn every C# enum to string conversion pattern: ToString, Enum.GetName, JsonStringEnumConverter, custom display names, and parsing strings back to enums safely. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/04/29/c-enum-to-string-conversion-patterns-and-best-practices
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In this post, you will learn how to design namespace hierarchies, choose the right retrieval patterns, and implement AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)-based access control for AgentCore Memory. Link to article: …
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Announcing DSC v3.2.0 We're excited to announce the General Availability of Microsoft Desired State Configuration (DSC) v3.2.0. This release delivers new built-in Windows resources, experimental Bicep integration via gRPC, version pinning, a richer expression language, custom functions, and cont Link to article: …
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Introduction Managing access to Azure resources often means dealing with two separate permission models: one for management operations and another for data access. For Azure Cosmos DB customers, this split can increase complexity, slow down onboarding, and create confusion around governance and security boundaries. …
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Introduction: Transforming Customer Intelligence in Banking Every day, people interact with their bank across mobile apps, branches, call centers, ATMs, chatbots, and partner ecosystems. Each touchpoint holds a piece of the customer story but rarely the whole picture. Link to article: …
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Have you ever wondered how machine learning models actually work with text? After all, these models require numerical input, but text is, well, text. Natural language processing (NLP) offers many ways to bridge this gap, from the large language models (LLMs) that are dominating headlines today all the way back to the …
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AI agents are connecting to real tools — reading files, calling APIs, querying databases — through the Model Context Protocol (MCP). The Agent Governance Toolkit (AGT) provides a governance layer for these agent systems, en Link to article: …
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Starting in .NET 11 Preview 4 and Visual Studio 18.8, VSTest, the platform that powers dotnet test and Test Explorer, will no longer depend on Newtonsoft.Json. The platform will now use System.Text.Json on .NET and JSONite on .NET Framework. This is a servicing and security change. Most projects require no action. A …
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Learn what's new in Visual Studio Code 1.118 Read the full article Link to article: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/vscode-blog/visual-studio-code-1.118
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We’re excited to announce the General Availability (GA) of Single Sign-On (SSO) from Native Apps to Embedded Web Views for Microsoft Entra External ID (EEID) Native Authentication. This release marks a major milestone in delivering end-to-end seamless authentication experiences for modern CIAM applications bridging the …
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OpenAI scales Stargate to build the compute infrastructure powering AGI, adding new data center capacity to meet growing AI demand. Link to article: https://openai.com/index/building-the-compute-infrastructure-for-the-intelligence-age
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The previous update on the Critter Stack roadmap was in early March. I spent some time yesterday writing and thinking about the road map for the Critter Stack. Call this post a mix of me sorting out what I personally think happens next, but mostly asking for feedback and input on these thoughts. Wrapping up … Continue …
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Starting in Visual Studio 18.5, you can create and build Visual Studio extensions (VSIX) using an officially supported SDK-style project. This brings VSIX projects into the modern build and deployment pipeline, improving incremental build performance and making the build → deploy → debug workflow more reliable. Install …
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39 projects, 6 finalists, and a weekend of IDE-native AI in San Francisco. Earlier this month, we brought developers together in San Francisco for the inaugural JetBrains x Codex Hackathon. Over the course of one weekend, teams built 39 IDE-native AI projects, from which six finalists emerged. The event highlighted …
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Build a complete state pattern real-world example in C# with a document workflow system featuring approval states, transitions, and guard conditions. Link to article: https://www.devleader.ca/2026/04/29/state-pattern-realworld-example-in-c-complete-implementation
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